Daniel Negreanu Denied Eighth World Series of Poker Bracelet by Ryan Bambrick

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Daniele Negreanu came up one spot shy of his eighth World Series of Poker bracelet in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Championship, falling heads up to Ryan Bambrick.

Ryan Bambrick
Ryan Bambrick won his second World Series of Poker bracelet in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Championship. He defeated poker superstar Daniel Negreanu heads-up. (Image: WSOP)

Brambrick not only doubled his WSOP bracelet count to two, but the $470,437 he took for finishing on top also doubled his total tournament cashes to about $870,000, according to the Hendon Mob.

The $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Championship event attracted a field of 183, of which the top 33 cashed at least $20,280. Those who made it into the money include Jeremy Ausmus (27th for the min-cash), Robert Mizrachi (23rd for min-cash), David Baker (22nd for ($21,294), and Joao Vieira (11th for $30,060).

Ben Lamb won his first bracelet in the $10,00 PLO Championship in 2011, but he was the first to get eliminated from the final table. His ninth-place finish added another $37,110 to what is now $17 million in lifetime cashes.

Next to go was Daniel Spear, who locked up a career best $46,957 for eighth. Spear was followed out the door by Micah Brooks, who also won a career-high $60,866 for seventh.

High-stakes tournament player Maxx Coleman bowed out in sixth. It was Coleman’s fourth final table of the year, with the other three coming at the PokerGO Tour’s Mixed Game festival this spring, where he also won an event.

Viktor Blom pushed his lifetime tournament winnings into the $6 million neighborhood by finishing fourth for $152,315. It’s his 18 WSOP cash in live events since 2023, but he’s yet to win a bracelet.

The quarter-million Ofir Mor won for third is his second largest lifetime cash, only $16,000 behind another third-place finish in the 2010 Borgata Poker Open’s $3,500 championship event.

That left Negreanu and Bambrick heads-up. The battle took about an hour-and-a-half before Brambrick sent Negreanu to the rail with his selfie-stick and cell-phone camera, which he uses to provide his fans with daily updates during the WSOP that usually begins with his dogs in his bed. His vlog from yesterday’s attempt at winning his eighth has nearly 140,000 views already.

It was the 11th time Negreanu finished a WSOP event as the runner-up. “Kid Poker” broke an 11-year WSOP schneid by winning last year’s $50,000 Players Championship event. He added $313,615 to a lifetime tourney many winnings pile that now sits at $55.8 million.

The win here is Brambick’s largest cash, only behind his first bracelet win from 2018 that was good for $217,123.

“I think I just got all the cards, honestly,” Bambrick told the WSOP afterwards. “I held the deck. I just ran well, played well, stayed focused.”

Don’t you love it when that happens?

Check out the final table here:

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Ryan BambrickUnited States$470,437
2Daniel NegreanuCanada$313,615
3Ofir MorUnited States$216,223
4Viktor BlomSweden$152,315
5Hunter McClellandUnited States$109,679
6Maxx ColemanUnited States$80,772
7Micah BrooksUnited States$60,866
8Daniel SpearUnited States$46,957
9Ben LambUnited States$37,110
Top nine of the 2025 WSOP $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Championship


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